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I. T. SMITH. CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MN. I. 1919. 1,316,515.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

A TTOR/VEYS THE cOLl/MIM PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON, D. C,

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRVING r." fsM I'rH, or BROOKLYN, EW YORK.

CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern: a

- Beit known that I, IRVING T.. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of -Kings and State of New York-,haveinvented a new and ImprovedContainer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are:to compel a person opening a bottle to pay particular attention to thebottle; to seal a bottle in such manner as to prevent the unintentionalopening ofthe same; and to arrange the cover so that it may be-locked invarious positions.

- Dra wings.

Figure 1 is a vertical section showing an upper fragment of a bottlehaving a cap therefor locked in service. relation thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the looking device-in its inoperativeposition;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Dscm'ption,

The bottle andcap therefor shown in the drawings are designed withspecial reference to the trade'in dangerous or poisonous ingredients.h/Iany expedients have arisen owing tothe fact that certain persons havebeen led to make a mistake as to the contents of a bottle containingdrugs. Mostof the mistakes have occurred during the partially weakenedor not fully aroused condi tion of the person seeking relief by means ofa' medicament andusing instead" thereof a poisonous drug. Many deviceshave'been designed to avoid this error. As a rule the previous deviceshave aimed to disclose the dangerous nature of the drug by glving to thecontainer of said drug a special construction. These expedients have,however, wholly or partially failed of the desired result, owing to thefact that the person seeking the drug is somewhat befuddled with sleepor pain.

In the present invention, the accidental misuse referred to is avoidedby locking the cap 8 on the neck of the bottle 9 in such manner as tonecessitate a search or alert act on the part of the person desiring toopen the bottle.

The search referred to has for its object I Specification of LettersEatent. Patented Sept, 16, 1919, Application filed .Ianuary'7, 1919.Serial No. 270,040.

the finding of a pin 10 or other suitable sharp. pointed instrument withwhich to penetrate the rubber insert 11. The insert 11 is disposedcentrally on the upper exposed portion of the cap 9 and in the upperwall thereof.

- The cap 8is hollow having an inner and an outer wall. The inner wallis pressed to form a screw-threaded section 12. The section 12 is shapedto fit a thread which is" formed onthe bottle neck 13. The thread on theneck 13 is preferably pressed therein. At intervals circumferentiallyrelated there are pressed in the bottle neck vertical grooves or slots14. The slots 14 are provided toengage the head 15 of a latch 16.

The latch 16 is pivotedby a pin 17 and is It will be understood thatnormally the I pin 10 is removed from the insert 11, the ob ect bemg tonecessitate the person desiring to remove the cover 8, to search for apin with which to depress the extension 19.

This search demands the attention of the person and serves to awaken hisdormant faculties. i

- Having found a pin, the operation of re moving the cover consists inforcing the pin through the insert 11 upon the extension 19 of the latch16. The latch is thereby rocked on the "pin 17 until the head 15 iswithdrawn from the slot 14 with which it has been engaged. The insert 11now serves to hold the latch 16 in the released position while the coveris retractively turned to disengage the threads thereof from the threadson the neck 13.

WVhen the cover 8 is placed on the bottle 9, if the pin has beenwithdrawn, a sharppointecl instrument or pin is first pushed through theinsert 11 todepress the extension 19 for moving the head 15 to thedisengaged position thereof. The cover is now placed upon the bottle bysecuring the same .upon the neck.

When the cover is so placed, the sharppointed instrument is removed toallow the spring 18 to force the head 15 into one of the slots 14:, whenthe cover is moved to a position where the head 15 alines with one ofthe slots.

Claims.

- 1. The combination of a container having a neck portion; a cap covertherefor pro vided with flanges enfolding said neck portion; a latchpivotally mounted in said cover for engaging said neck portion forpreventing the removal of said cover; and means mounted on said coverfor preventing the passage therethrough to said latch of a dullinstrument; said means being puncturable by a sharp instrument to efiectengagement with the latch.

2. The combination of a container having a neck portion; a C21 covertherefor provided with flanges enfolding said neck portion; a latchpivotally mounted in said cover for engaging said neck portion forpreventing the removal of said cover; and puncturable means mounted onsaid cover for permitting the insertion therethrough of a pointedinstrument for disengaging said latch from said neck portion.

3. I11 combination, a container having a neck provided with ascrew-thread and shoulders formed in said neck adjacent said thread; ofa cover for said container having a threaded portion for engaging thethreads on said neck; a latch member movably mounted on said cover atthe interior thereof; and an insert mounted in said cover adjacent saidlatch, said insert being constructed from resilient compressiblematerial adapted for permitting the insertion therethrough of a pointedinstrument for disengaging said latch from said neck; and the resiliencyof the insert serving to grip the said inserted instrument to hold thelatch disengaged.

4:. In combination, a container having a neck provided with ascrew-thread and shoulders formed in said neck adjacent said Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents.

screw-thread, of a cover for said container having integral inner andouter walls of which the inner wall has a threaded portion engaging thethreads of said neck, a latch member pivotally mounted on said coverbetween the walls thereof and adapted to be projected through the innerwall to lock with said neck; and a puncturable insert in the outer wallof said cap at the top and adjacent to said latch, adapted forpermitting the insertion therethrough of a pointed instrument fordisengaging said latch from said neck;

5. In combination, a vitreous container having a neck portion externallythreaded with shoulders extending transverse the thread thereof; ascrew-threaded cover, the walls thereof being separated to form a hollowchamber; a rocking latch pivotally mounted in said chamber to extendthrough the inner wall thereof for engaging said shoulders, said latchhaving an extension at the free end thereof adapted to rest adjacent thecenter of the upper walTof said cover; and a rubber insert disposed atthe center of said upper wall of said cover.

6. In combination, a container having a neck provided with screw-threadsand with vertical slots extending across said threads, a cap thereforhaving spaced inner and outer cup-shaped walls, the inner wall beingthreaded to engage the threads of said neck, a rockable latch mountedbetween the inner and outer walls of the cap and presenting an operatingarm extending laterally at the top of the cap between the walls thereof,the outer wall of said cap at the top being puncturable to permitinsertion therethrough of an instrument for engaging said arm of thelatch to rock the latter, said inner wall having a lateral opening forsaid latch and said latch when in register with a slot of the neck beingengageable therewith at any point along the slot according to theposition of the cap on the neck. c c .7

IRVING T. SMITH.

Washington, I). G.

